The Strange Story Of An Artist With Pineal Cancer

Not really sure where to put this a fascinating and colourful story of an artist with cancer of the pineal gland. As many here know already the pineal
gland is often refeered to the the seat of the soul or the third eye.

Whilst at art school Shawn Thornton unknowingly had cancer of the pineal gland. As his cancer progressed his art became more mystical. A lot of the
art depicts symbology and biology related to the pineal gland.

I suffered from a slow growing cancer in my pineal gland while I attended art school and during subsequent years while my paintings developed with
an underlined mythology that alluded directly to the pineal years before I even know of its existence.

Fascinating! One might wonder if this art is inspired by instinct rather than intellect, or a weird but glamourous forging of the two. These pictures
are certainly interesting nonetheless, considering his condition and the things associated with the pineal gland.

Wow! His art is out of this world! Reminded me of Alex Grey's art, but Shawn's artwork is much more complex. Alex's art is based on aided mystical
experiences and Shawn's is based on a natural mystical experiences. Lots of similarities in their art, super interesting...

Interesting story, wonder what are some of the things he saw and how similar it is to that stuff that may or may not be released from the
pineal gland. I believe that stuff occurs naturally in our third eye, look at that artwork...it's very similar to what that stuff
produces visually.

His work looks pretty chaotic. I'm torn on my impression of it as I like it and i dont.

It doesnt necisarily mean anything though like some of you are suggesting. The guy even said he has psychobilin mushrooms he uses for depression. Did
you people overlook that? Hes done hallucinogenic drugs so that cant be ruled out as an influence. Also it should be noted '___' is not proven to be
found in the pineal it just shows up in the body sometimes but its a mystery where or if it even does anything aside from just hallucinations. It
could have had some influence on vividness of dreams as having cancer in a gland can make them overactive and whatnot but not necessarily influence
his art directly.

There are people with their pineal glands removed that still function normally. Based on those pictures on flickr im going to presume he may have had
his pineal removed now or at least part of it. I cant seem to find info on him if thats the case or not.

originally posted by: o0oTOPCATo0o
This is so cool.
Maybe a little evidence for people who refuse to believe
the pineal is important to our spirituality/whatever-you-want-to-call-it

As the cancer progressed, the damage to the pineal became greater.

This shows the inverse relationship of the pineal to 'spirituality'.

It would more likely indicate that the rest of the brain is a source of 'spirituality' (and this would be supported by the results of transcranial
magnetic stimulation) and that the pineal is an inhibitor.

originally posted by: purplemer
Not really sure where to put this a fascinating and colourful story of an artist with cancer of the pineal gland. As many here know already the pineal
gland is often refeered to the the seat of the soul or the third eye.

Whilst at art school Shawn Thornton unknowingly had cancer of the pineal gland. As his cancer progressed his art became more mystical. A lot of the
art depicts symbology and biology related to the pineal gland.

I suffered from a slow growing cancer in my pineal gland while I attended art school and during subsequent years while my paintings developed with
an underlined mythology that alluded directly to the pineal years before I even know of its existence.

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